Democratic Party: "We Will Condemn Yoon Government's Personnel and Security Disorder"

"The Presidential Office is Filled with a Rotten Smell"
Calls for Personnel Dismissals and Public Apology from Yoon

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] The opposition party held a party meeting to condemn the Yoon Seok-yeol administration for 'personnel disorder' caused by controversies over private recruitment and 'security disorder' related to the repatriation of North Korean fishermen.

On the 19th, the Democratic Party of Korea held a party meeting at the National Assembly and issued a statement condemning "the personnel disorder and security disorder of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration."

Woo Sang-ho, the emergency committee chairman, said on the day, "Recently, the personnel disorder and personnel disaster of the Yoon administration have reached their peak," adding, "The recruitment issues involving presidential office staff that have surfaced day after day are filled with private recruitment favoritism without standards or principles, unlike any previous administration."

He further pointed out, "There are even rumors that a rotten smell is emanating from the presidential office," and said, "Such personnel matters are an issue concerning the national flag of the Republic of Korea and are serious."

He also criticized, "Despite multiple recommendations to stop political revenge investigations, the administration continues to wield the sword of retaliatory investigations against the previous administration and its political rivals," adding, "Moreover, just yesterday and today, they have openly talked about deploying public authority to labor sites on strike. This is a typical scene reminiscent of past authoritarian regimes."

Park Hong-geun, the floor leader, also directly attacked, saying, "The falling Yoon Seok-yeol administration is losing its reason," and "The cause of the personnel disaster that defies public common sense is President Yoon himself."

He continued, "Instead of apologizing and reflecting, the presidential office has covered up the essence by driving a new North Korea scare with the expulsion of North Korean criminals," warning, "As the ruling party in the National Assembly, the Democratic Party will mobilize its forces. We will hold standing committee meetings to thoroughly investigate the realities of personnel disorder and security disorder."

In a subsequent condemnation statement, Representative Kim Young-bae said, "The presidential secretariat, Minister of Justice, National Intelligence Service, and Financial Supervisory Service's key administrative positions have been appointed with Yoon Seok-yeol's close prosecutor associates, turning the Republic of Korea into a 'prosecutor's realm,'" adding, "They have transformed power institutions into a prosecutor-centered public security governance system, and instead of people-centered governance, they are obsessed with political revenge and oppression to build dictatorial power, intimidating the public."

He warned the Yoon administration, "The chief of the presidential secretariat, personnel secretary, and general affairs secretary, who are responsible for the worst personnel manipulation, must be dismissed, and a public apology must be issued simultaneously."

Representative Yoon Gun-young also rebutted regarding the repatriation of fishermen incident, saying, "The essence is not a repatriation incident but the expulsion of criminals," and "During the process of capturing and bringing them to the East Sea after their capture, they did not express an intention to defect." He emphasized that the incident involved 16 North Korean civilians who were killed overnight in a 'grotesque murder case.'

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